Window-screen



(No Model.)

I'. o. MAYS.V WINDOW SCREEN.

'No'. 503,76 Patented Aug.22,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. MAYS, OF PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS.

WiNDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,766, dated August22, 1893. Application fneargust 20,1892. serrano. 443,620. cromati.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. MAYS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paragould, in the county of Greene and State of Arkansas,have invented a new and Vuseful Window-Screen, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in screens. The object of thepresent invention is to improve the construction of screens, and toprovide one which may be readily adjusted to allow a free circulation ofair, and for the further purpose of allowing iies and other insectsegress between the adjustable parts of the screen and at the same time`preventing their ingress.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

ln the drawings-Figure l is a perspective View of a screen constructedin accordance with this invention, the supplemental screens or sectionsbeing partially opened. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thesupplemental screens or sections being closed.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures of the drawlngs. Y

l designates a rectangular main frame between the sides of which ispivoted a series of overlapping supplemental screens or sections 2 whichform panels and are adapted to be opened to permit a free circulation ofair, or to be closed so as to allow the folds or laps ot' the sectionsor panels to come together only near enough to allow flies and otherinsects to escape upward from within and yet prevent their ingress.

The screen is disposed vertically in a window when in use and thepivoted screen sections are arranged horizontally and when open formfree open spaces in the screen.

The overlapping screens 2 are each shorter and of much less area thanthe mainframe and are adapted to be operated simultaneously and areconnected by a rod 3 which is loosely connected to corresponding ends ofthe screens or sections 2. There is considerable space between the endor ends of each pivoted section 2, and the ends of the main frame.

In order to ettect a perfectly tight con- Y nection or joint, the endsof the main frame l areV provided with transverse strips or sections 4ot' gauze against which the end sections or screens 2 abut when closed,so as to prevent when partly opened the passage of fiies and otherinsects from without, because of the panel leaving the screen frame atthe top and bottom of the screen a distance greater or less adjustableby the rod 3. The stationary sections 4 of gauze are disposed atopposite sides ot' the main frame, as shown.

The pivots 5 of the supplemental screens or sections 2 are arranged insockets of the sides of the main frame, and the adjacent sides of thesupplemental screen 2 are provided with openings to receive the pivots.

In the accompanying drawings a screen is shown provided with threesupplemental screens or panels, but it will he readily seen that anynumber either one or more may be employed without departing from thespirit of the invention. By turning the screen, the supplemental screensor sections may be made to swing either'horizontally or vertically.

It will be seen that a simple and comparatively inexpensive screen isprovided that is adapted to be readily adjusted to form ventilatoropenings to permit a free circulation of air, and at the same time be soadjusted that flies and other insects can escape between the sections orpanels while the face of the screen without presents a complete barrier,upon which iies and other insects can light and have no means of passagewithin elicept downward through the narrow space between the panels.

l. A screen comprising a rectangular main frame designed to be arrangedvertically in a window, the narrow stationary horizontally disposedgauze sections t secured to the main frame at the ends thereof andlocated on opposite sides of the same and having their inner edgesseparated by considerable space, and a horizontally disposedsupplemental screen section pivoted between the sides of the main framein the space between the gauze sections and adapted to turn on its ICOpivots to provide open spaces in the screenV and to overlap the gauzesections to form a closed screenLsubstantially as described.

2. A screen comprising a rectangular main frame designed to be arrangedvertically in awindow, the narrow horizontally disposed gauze sections 4secured to the main frame at' the ends thereof and arranged on oppositesides of the same, and having their inner edges separated byconsiderable space, the series of horizontally disposed supplementalscreen sections pivoted between the sides of the main frame and arrangedin the space between the narrow gauze sections 4. and arrangedvwhenclosed tovoverlap one' another, and to overlap the narrow gauze sections4, and means for connecting the pivoted screen sections for moving thesame simultaneously, substantially as and forthe purpose described. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixed mysignature in fthe presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS C. MAYS. Witnesses:

W. A. SIMS,

JN0. M. DAVIS.

